# Fractures at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054247` · 5/16/2016 · CARTHAGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Ice-blocks, cubes, crushed
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1484 NE Loop, CARTHAGE, TEXAS, 75633
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee entered through a cooler door and slipped on ice that had accumulated on the freezer floor, breaking the right femur.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*